It's an S-Bot from the video game tie-in, which takes place shortly after the end of the movie. The game was made by Beenox, the studio that developed Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions and Spider-Man: Edge of Time. I haven't played their first two efforts, but The Amazing Spider-Man is a lot of fun and the general critical consensus seems to be that it's the best of Beenox's Spidey games.

How would you want this to effect the sequel? Would you want Marvel to continue with this franchise, or decide to do their own thing?

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I can't imagine the Second Film wouldn't be declared as "In the Pipeline" and unaffected, unless it was to lead in or change the 3rd which they might be able to as "In the Pipeline" if they show proof of an intention to do a Trilogy.

rights, I don't believe usually transfer any sooner than 3 years after negotiations begin

Hm... conceptually, I wouldn't mind Spidey sharing a universe with other superheroes, but I think that that should be seeded from the start. I guess one could say ASM precedes Thor, and thus could fit into the MCU without too much trouble, but that begs the question of where Spidey was during the Chitauri attack. (In bed, with a feverish case of Spider-flu?)

As other have said in the other thread, I doubt there'll be any significant integration beyond maybe a building cameo in ASM2. If ASM3 were to open with a montage of fever-wracked Peter watching the Avengers carnage on TV... that might work? We'll see how the rights things go.

Hm... conceptually, I wouldn't mind Spidey sharing a universe with other superheroes, but I think that that should be seeded from the start. I guess one could say ASM precedes Thor, and thus could fit into the MCU without too much trouble, but that begs the question of where Spidey was during the Chitauri attack. (In bed, with a feverish case of Spider-flu?)

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Who's to say he wasn't out there fighting the Chitauri? Or saving civilians?

I guess he could have been. What isn't conceivable is that ASM takes place after the Chitauri attack. Heck, given the fact that Peter doesn't cite the Hulk as an example of how a man can go all weird to Captain Stacy, it's hard to imagine ASM taking place after Incredible Hulk/Iron Man 2.

And it looks like Harry Osborn will be making a return to the series, with a shortlist of three actors having been drawn up. Personally, I'm hoping for the excellent Dane DeHaan (Chronicle, In Treatment) to get the part.